Despite the occasional heavy shower and the blustery winds it was a good weekend for horse and rider at the Equivallée at Cluny. The three major events this afternoon were jumping, carriage driving and pony club games.
The gusts of wind disrupted the pony games as the balls were being blown off the posts before the girls could get to them to put them in the baskets. But they did the best they could and enjoyed taking turns in the potato races and galloping back to their teams, sometimes rather precariously.
Fun in the pony games
All shapes and sizes of horses took part in the carriage driving competition, from shaggy ponies to immaculately groomed thoroughbreds.
Well turned out for the carriage racing
The wind was a nuisance in the show jumping competition as freak gusts would blow down the fences before the horse had chance to jump them.
A pretty backdrop for the jumping competition
Cluny is one of the best venues in France for showjumping and eventing, and of course there is the Haras, the horse breeding centre, just next to the Equivallée. Next door is the Hippodrome, the race track. Cluny really is heaven on earth for people that love horses.
